The  Campaign  in 
Industries 


Bulletin  VII 
United  War  Work  Campaign 
for  $170,500,000 
November  11-18,  1918 


SERIES  OF  CAMPAIGN  BULLETINS 

I.  Organization  in  the  City,  Large  or  Small 
II.  Organization  in  the  County 

III.  Preparation  and  Assignment  of  Lists 

IV.  Victory  Boys 
V.  Victory  Girls 

VI.  The  Campaign  among  Students 
VII.  The  Campaign  in  Indust.-ies 
VIII.  Publicity  Organization  and  Distribution 
IX.  Meetings:  How  to  Plan  and  Conduct 
X.  Campaign  in  Army  and  Navy  Camps 
XI.  Collection,  Custody,  and  Forwarding  of  Funds 
XII.  The  Precinct  Plan 


Issued  by  the 
OFFICE  OF  THE  DIRECTOR  GENERAL 
347  Madison  Avenue,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


NATIONAL  INDUSTRIES  COMMITTEE 
A.  C.  Bedford,  Chairman,  National  Petroleum  War  Service  Committee. 
Charles  A.  Coffin,  Chairman  of  Board  of  Directors,  General  Electric  Co. 
Pierre  S.  DuPont,  President,  DuPont  de  Nemours  Co. 
James  Duncan,  Vice-President,  American  Federation  of  Labor. 
John  J.  Eagan,  President,  American  Cast  Iron  Pipe  Co. 
H.  C.  Frick,  Pittsburgh. 
H.  A.  Garfield,  U.  S.  Fuel  Administrator. 

Judge  Elbert  H.  Gary,  Chairman  of  Board  of  Directors,  U.  S.  Steel 
Corporation. 

Alba  B.  Johnson,  President,  Baldwin  Locomotive  Works. 
John  B.  Lennon,  ex-Treasurer,  American  Federation  of  Labor. 
Adolph  F.  Lewisohn,  New  York. 

Hon.  Wm.  G.  McAdoo,  Director  General,  United  States  Railroad  Ad- 
ministration. 

Cyrus  McCormick,  President,  International  Harvester  Co. 
John  Mitchell,  Chairman,  New  York  State  Industrial  Commission. 
Frank  Morrison,  Secretary,  American  Federation  of  Labor. 
Geo.  W.  Perkins,  New  York  City. 
Mrs.  Raymond  Robins,  Chicago. 
John  D.  Rockefeller,  Jr.,  New  York  City. 
Charles  M.  Schwab,  Director  General,  U.  S.  Shipping  Board. 
Harry  F.  Sinclair,  President,  Sinclair  Oil-Refining  Corporation,  New 
York. 

Rudolph  Spreckels,  San  Francisco. 
William  Sproule,  San  Francisco. 

Warren  F.  Stone,  Grand  Chief  Engineer,  Brotherhood  of  Locomotive 

Engineers. 
Hon.  William  H.  Taft. 

Miss  Mary  Van  Kleek,  Chairman,  Women's  Division  U.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Labor. 

Hon.  Frank  P.  Walsh,  Joint  Chairman  of  National  War  Labor  Board. 

J.  F.  Welborn,  President,  Colorado  Fuel  &  Iron  Co. 

F.  E.  Weyerhaeuser,  Weyerhaeuser  Lumber  Co.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

William  M.  Wood.  President,  American  Woolen  Co. 

Hon.  William  B.  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Labor. 


Geo.  W.  Perkins  C.  J.  Hicks 

Chairman  Secretary 
Chas.  R.  Towson 
Director 


DEPARTMENT  SECRETARIES 
FOR  THE  CAMPAIGN  IN  INDUSTRIES 

Northeastern,  Central,  

Eastern,  Elmer  Galloway  Southern,  A.  E.  Ball 

Southeastern,  Will  R.  McCord  Western,  Charles  Puehler 


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THE  CAMPAIGN JN  INDUSTRIES 


One  of  the  outstanding  features  of  the  war  is  the  extent  to  which  it 
is  dependent  upon  Industry.  It  is,  therefore,  fitting  that  Industry  as 
a  whole,  both  employer  and  employee,  should  be  united  in  supporting 
those  agencies  approved  by  the  Government  for  doing  essential  work 
for  the  morale  of  the  soldiers  and  sailors  of  this  country  and  of  our 
Allies. 

The  Industries  Division  recommends  that  in  connection  with  this 
campaign  each  industry  be  treated  as  a  unit,  so  that  the  corporation 
and  its  employees  may  be  united  in  a  fund  that  will  represent  the 
backing  of  that  particular  industry  in  the  support  of  these  agencies. 

In  line  with  this  recommendation,  the  following  suggestions  are 
made  to  Local  Campaign  Committees  to  the  end  that  they  may  secure 
the  largest  possible  cooperation  of  those  identified  with  each  industry 
in  their  field.  These  suggestions  are  applicable  in  any  city  having 
ten  or  more  industries,  each  with  twenty-five  or  more  employees, 
and  are  also  intended  for  use  in  industrial  communities  having  one 
or  more  large  industries  with  several  hundred  employees;  they  are 
also  equally  applicable  to  groups  of  railroad  men,  and  to  such  railroad 
corporations  as  are  free  to  make  contributions. 

I.  Organization  of  the  Local  Industries  Committee — An  Industries 
Division  of  the  Local  Campaign  Committee  should  be  organized,  hav- 
ing as  its  Chairman  the  most  conspicuous  and  influential  industrial 
leader  of  the  community  and  in  its  membership  leading  representatives 
of  employers  and  employees,  including  representatives  of  any  foreign- 
speaking  groups.  A  sub-chairman  should  be  selected  for  each  indus- 
trial plant,  preferably  an  influential  employee  in  such  plant,  selected 
after  conference  with  the  superintendent.  In  cities  having  more  than 
ten  industrial  plants,  it  is  well  to  group  the  allied  trades  into  groups 
of  from  five  to  ten  plants,  having  in  charge  of  each  section  a  Group 
Chairman,  to  whom  the  Plant  Chairmen  shall  report;  the  Group  Chair- 
man, in  turn,  reporting  to  the  Chairman  of  the  Industries  Division. 

II.  The  first  work  of  the  Local  Industries  Committee  should  be  to 
prepare  a  list  of  all  industrial  corporations  and  concerns  having  head- 
quarters in  the  city.  In  the  first  announcement  of  the  Campaign  it 
should  be  clearly  indicated  that  all  corporations  and  their  employees 
will  be  asked  to  make  their  subscriptions  through  their  Plant  Com- 
mittees. 

III.  A  selected  group  of  large  corporations  having  plants  in  various 
parts  of  the  country  will  be  soUcited,  during  October,  by  the  National 
Industries  Committee.    These  corporations  will  be  asked  to  assign  a 


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portion  of  their  subscription  to  each  of  their  plants,  and  notice  of  this 
assignment  will  be  sent  to  the  Local  Industries  Committees  in  order 
that  there  may  be  no  duplication  of  solicitation. 

IV  With  the  exception  of  corporations  indicated  under  Section  III, 
all  other  corporations  having  headquarters  in  its  field  are  to  be  sohcited 
by  the  Local  Industries  Committee.  In  case,  however,  such  corpo- 
rations have  plants  outside  the  local  field,  they  should  be  asked  to 
assign  to  such  plants  a  portion  of  their  subscription,  in  order  that  it 
may  be  used  as  an  incentive  to  their  employees  to  make  subscriptions, 
and  as  a  recognition  of  the  local  interest  and  obligations  in  each  com- 
munity where  a  plant  is  located. 

V.  In  connection  with  this  campaign  each  employing  corporation 
and  organization  should  be  asked: 

1.  To  make  as  generous  a  subscription  as  possible. 

2.  To  distribute  a  portion  of  this  subscription  to  each  plant. 

3.  To  notify  the  management  of  each  plant  concerning  the 
allotment  thus  made,  and  to  urge  them  to  cooperate  with  the  Local 
Industries  Committee  in  their  efforts  to  secure  subscriptions  from 
the  employees  at  the  plant  through  Plant  Committees. 

VI.  The  men  who  are  to  solicit  corporation  contributions  and  co- 
operation should  be  carefully  selected  men  of  influence  who  are  willing 
to  ask  for  large  contributions.  A  letter  should  be  prepared  embodying 
the  request  for  cooperation  as  above  outlined,  and  this  should  be 
presented  to  the  president  or  managing  official  of  the  company,  in 
person.  (To  promote  uniformity,  a  suggested  form  of  letter  is  attached 
hereto.  See  Exhibit  A.)  This  letter  should  be  followed  up  during 
the  month  of  October  and  early  in  November,  so  that  a  definite  answer 
may  be  secured  prior  to  the  date  of  inaugurating  the  Campaign. 

VII.  Notice  of  allotments  of  corporation  subscriptions  to  plants 
outside  the  Committee's  field  should  be  passed  at  once  to  state  head- 
quarters in  order  that  this  information  may  be  quickly  transmitted 
to  the  field  where  such  allotment  applies. 

VIII.  Corporation  subscriptions  thus  secured  in  advance  should  not 
be  published  until  the  week  of  the  Campaign,  but  they  may  be  used 
to  good  advantage  in  arranging  the  campaign  for  employees'  con- 
tributions and  in  soliciting  other  corporation  contributions. 

IX.  Suggestions  for  Plant  Committees.  These  committees  should 
be  selected  well  in  advance  of  the  Campaign,  in  conference  with  the 
management  of  the  plant,  and  if  possible,  arrangements  should  be 
made  for  this  work  to  be  done  on  company  time  as  suggested  in  the 
proposed  letter  to  corporations  (Exhibit  A).  One  or  more  influential 
employees  from  each  department  should  be  selected.  These  em- 
ployees should  be  called  together  prior  to  November  11th.  in  order 


that  the  plan  may  be  fully  explained  and  each  one  urged  to  make  a 
personal  subscription.  One  or  more  score  boards  should  be  prepared 
for  each  plant,  and  these  should  be  placed  in  conspicuous  places,  and 
should  record  the  number  of  subscribers  and  the  amounts  subscribed 
daily  from  each  department ;  also  the  amount  of  the  corporation  con- 
tribution apportioned  to  this  plant.  It  is  suggested  that  this  score 
board  might  well  have  at  its  head  a  Roll  of  Honor,  giving  the  names  of 
all  employees  from  the  plant  who  have  entered  the  military  or  naval 
service.  This  Roll  of  Honor  may  well  be  in  permanent  form,  so 
that  it  can  be  left  after  the  Campaign  is  finished. 

On  the  pay-day  preceding  the  Campaign  a  special  slip,  prepared 
by  the  National  Industries  Committee,  should  be  inserted  in  each  pay 
envelope.  It  should  be  clearly  understood  throughout  the  plant  that 
all  subscriptions  are  to  be  voluntary,  but  that  the  committee  hopes 
to  secure  from  each  employee  a  contribution  of  not  less  than  one 
day's  pay.  A  special  form  of  pledge  is  suggested.  (See  Exhibit 
B.)  If  employees  are  willing  to  subscribe  one  or  more  days'  pay, 
they  should  not  attempt  to  fill  in  the  amount,  as  this  can  readily  be 
done  at  the  office  of  the  company.  If,  however,  an  employee  prefers 
to  subscribe  a  lump  sum,  a  space  is  reserved  on  the  pledge  for  this 
purpose.  The  employee  will  mark  in  the  proper  space  the  number  of 
days'  pay  he  desires  to  give.  It  is  hoped  that  each  employer  will 
arrange  to  collect  the  subscriptions  from  employees  in  his  plants  and 
turn  over  to  the  Local  Treasurer  the  amounts  thus  collected  monthly. 

Special  posters  will  also  be  furnished  for  use  throughout  the  shops. 
The  Local  Campaign  Committee  should  make  large  use  of  the  local 
newspapers,  both  before  and  during  the  Campaign,  emphasizing  the 
appeal  to  the  industrial  workers  in  the  community. 

Noon  shop  meetings  during  the  week  preceding  the  Campaign  will 
be  very  effective  in  awakening  interest.  The  Speakers'  Bureau  is 
arranging  to  provide  prominent  speakers  for  larger  meetings  as  may 
be  requested. 

X.  Officials  of  the  company  and  other  salaried  employees  should 
be  solicited  to  subscribe  a  lump  sum  in  accordance  with  their  ability, 
and  any  such  subscription  amounting  to  more  than  twenty-five  dollars 
($25.00)  may  well  be  announced  apart  from  the  subscriptions  made 
by  the  plant  and  its  employees. 

XI.  The  element  of  mutuality  and  cooperation  in  this  Campaign 
should  be  magnified  in  every  possible  way.  Each  subscription  by 
either  employer  or  employee  should  represent  an  actual  interest  in 
the  Armies  and  Navies  of  the  United  States  and  its  Allies,  and  cheer- 
ful support  of  all  the  agencies  that  have  been  endorsed  by  the  Govern- 
ment and  that  are  united  in  this  Campaign  for  necessary  funds. 

XII.  Employees  should  be  safegruarded  against  anything  that 
can  be  construed  as  coercion. 


EXHIBIT  A 


SUGGESTED  LETTER  TO  CORPORATION  PRESIDENTS 

At  the  request  of  President  Wilson,  a  national  campaign  is  to  be 
undertaken  November  11th  to  18th,  to  secure  $170,500,000  for  the 
seven  war  work  agencies  which,  with  the  approval  of  the  Government, 
are  rendering  essential  service  in  matters  of  recreation  and  morale  to 
the  soldiers  and  sailors  of  our  Government  and  its  Allies.  Enclosed 
herewith  is  a  copy  of  President  Wilson's  letter  on  this  subject,  to- 
gether with  a  memorandum  of  agreement  between  the  seven  cooperat- 
ing agencies.  We  urgently  solicit  the  cooperation  of  your  Company 
as  herein  outlined,  in  securing  this  fund: 

1.  A  generous  subscription  from  the  corporation  in  line  with  the 
precedent  of  other  corporations  that  are  making  similar  subscriptions. 
Our  Committee  is  hopeful  that  you  may  be  willing  to  recommend,  and 

your  Board  to  authorize,  a  contribution  of  not  less  than  $  

The  business  interests  of  the  country  must  help  generously  if  this 
essential  part  of  the  war  work  is  to  be  continued,  and  we  hope  that 
your  company  may  be  entirely  willing  to  do  its  share,  whether  more 
or  less  than  the  above  amount. 

2.  It  will  greatly  stimulate  local  interest  if  your  company  will  assign 
a  portion  of  its  gift — possibly  50% — to  be  credited  to  its  various  plants, 
and  will  advise  us  of  this  apportionment. 

3.  In  notifying  each  of  your  plant  managers  of  the  amount  as- 
signed to  his  plant,  will  you  kindly  request  him  to  cooperate  with 
the  Local  Campaign  Committee  in  securing  a  voluntary  contribution 
from  each  of  your  employees? — these  contributions,  either  in  the 
form  of  one  or  more  days*  pay,  or  such  other  sum  as  may  be  elected 
by  the  contributor,  to  be  collected,  if  desired  by  the  employee,  through 
the  company  pay-roll. 

We  hope  that  the  Plant  Managers  on  request  of  the  Local  Com- 
mittee, will  authorize  an  appropriate  number  of  employees  to  act  as 
a  Plant  Committee  in  securing  subscriptions,  such  work  to  be  done 
on  company  time,  and  the  canvass  to  be  conducted  during  regular 
working  hours. 

Such  cooperation  on  your  part  would  afford  striking  evidence  to 
the  community  and  to  the  country  of  the  united  support  of  employer 
and  employee  in  the  work  for  which  this  campaign  stands. 

Hoping  for  a  prompt  and  favorable  response,  etc. 


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EXHIBIT  B 

Form  of  Pledge   Size  should  be  sVa^^H 


Signature 

of  Subscriber^ 


Industries  Division 
UNITED  WAR  WORK  CAMPAIGN 
Beginning  November  11,  1918 
TO  RAISE  A  FUND  OF  $170,500,000 
TO  SERVE  THE  BOYS  OVER  THERE 


Amount  of 

Subscription 
and 

Method  of  Payment 
(Mark  with  X) 

One  Day's  Pay  1  One  Day's  Pay  1     One     1  Amount 

(or)                   (or)  (or) 
A  Month  For  |  A  Month  For  1    Day's    1  Indicated 
Three  Months    Two  Months        Pay  Below 

Deduct  from  pay 

$ 

  (or)  

Will  pay  personally 

$ 

Employment  Check  Ni 


Home  Address_ 
Company  


.Department. 


Reverse  Side  of  Pledge 

The  seven  organizations  participating  in  the  "UNITED  WAR 
WORK  CAMPAIGN"  are  as  follows: 

National  War  Work  Council  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Associations. 

War  Work  Council  of  the  National  Board  of  the  Young  Women's 

Christian  Associations. 
National  Catholic  War  Council  (Knights  of  Columbus). 
Jewish  Welfare  Board. 
War  Camp  Community  Service. 
American  Library  Association. 
Salvation  Army. 


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